Scan deals with the barcode scanners

C4/Circulation.pm

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ sub pastitems{
   my $i=0;
   my @items;
   while (my $data=$sth->fetchrow_hashref){
-     $items[$i]="$data->{'title'} $data->{'author'}";    
+     $items[$i]="$data->{'title'} $data->{'date_due'}";    
      $i++;
   }
   return(\@items);

C4/Scan.pm

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package C4::Scan; #asummes C4/Scan.pm
+
+use strict;
+require Exporter;
+
+use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
+
+# set the version for version checking
+$VERSION = 0.01;
+
+@ISA = qw(Exporter);
+@EXPORT = qw(&getbarcode);
+%EXPORT_TAGS = ( );     # eg: TAG => [ qw!name1 name2! ],
+
+# your exported package globals go here,
+# as well as any optionally exported functions
+
+@EXPORT_OK   = qw($Var1 %Hashit);
+
+
+# non-exported package globals go here
+use vars qw(@more $stuff);
+
+# initalize package globals, first exported ones
+
+my $Var1   = '';
+my %Hashit = ();
+
+
+# then the others (which are still accessible as $Some::Module::stuff)
+my $stuff  = '';
+my @more   = ();
+
+# all file-scoped lexicals must be created before
+# the functions below that use them.
+
+# file-private lexicals go here
+my $priv_var    = '';
+my %secret_hash = ();
+
+# here's a file-private function as a closure,
+# callable as &$priv_func;  it cannot be prototyped.
+my $priv_func = sub {
+  # stuff goes here.
+  };
+  
+# make all your functions, whether exported or not;
+
+sub Getbarcode {
+}
+
+END { }       # module clean-up code here (global destructor)
+  
+